CA SB673

Designates the Contra Costa County retirement system as a "district" under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, allowing it greater autonomy.

Authorizes the retirement system's board to appoint a retirement administrator and other personnel as employees of the retirement system rather than county employees, exempting them from civil service and merit system rules.

Requires the retirement system to retain nonprobationary county employees covered by union agreements for a 90-day transition period, with terms and conditions based on existing memoranda of understanding.

Makes the retirement board a public agency subject to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act for collective bargaining purposes, with administrative compensation paid from system assets.

Allows the retirement system to recognize the same employee organizations that represented retained employees when they worked for the county, maintaining their existing terms and conditions of employment.